# Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats: piano chords

Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats uses 4 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: E7 A E B7 A E E7
- Verse 1: E E7 E E7 E A E E7 E B7 A E
- Instrumental 1: E7 A E B7 A E E7
- Verse 2: E E7 E E7 B7 A E
- Instrumental 2: E7 A E B7 A E E7
- Verse 3: E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E B7 A E
- Outro 1: E7 A E B7 A E E7

## Questions

### Which chords does Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats use?

Different chords: 4. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats in?

The chords fit E major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Rocket 88 to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (4), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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